Safety razor



June 23, 1925.

J. F. o MALLEY SAFETY RAZOR Filed March 28 924 IN VEN TOR ll/zzz Hum/6 ATTORNE YS WITNESSES Patented June :23, 1925.-

UNITED STATES JOHN FRANCIS OMALLEY, OF MAMARONEGK, NEW YORK.

SAFETY aAzoa.

Application filed March 28, 1924. Serial No. 702,635.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN F. OMALLEY, a citizen of'the United States, anda resident of Mamaroneck, inthe county of Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented a .edged flexible blade type. Y

The outstanding object of the present invention chiefly resides in theconstruction of the bladeholding means, several parts of which arepermanently connected together in order to facilitate the applicationand removal of the blade and to prevent dropping or' loss of theelements as is the case k\raith holders in which the parts are separa-As a further object the invention contemplates in a safety razor of thecharacter set forth a blade and blade holding means in which adjustmentsto vary theflexing of the blade for a coarse or fine shave is notdisturbed during the use of the razor by the ordinary handling of thesame.

The invention furthermore contemplates a safety razor which iscomparatively simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufac tureand produce, and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsare expressed.

lln the drawings- Figure 1 is a front view of a razor constructed inaccordance with the invention with parts broken away and shown insection to disclose the underlying structure.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof with parts broken away.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blade which is used in connection with theholding and clamping member.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates thehandle of the holding member which is provided at one end with a reducedthreaded stem 11 forming at their juncture a shoulder 12. The free endof the shank 11 has integrally formed thereon or otherwise securedthereto a guard member 13 which is of substantially arcuate shape incross section and is provided at its opposite edges with guard teeth 14,the said guard member presenting an outer convexed face 15 which hascentrally projecting therefrom a non-circular prothe bight 19 and theopposite end of each I arm is rigidly connected to the opposite end ofan arcuate head 21, the inner face of whichis concaved as at 22 to clamptherebetween the flexible double edged'blade 23. The opposite ends ofthe guard member 13 are provided with notches 24 of greater width thanthe Wldth'Of the side arms 20 which are received thereby whereby theside arms and head 21 are permitted to swing forwardly or rearwardly alimited distance with respect to the guard member 13 in order tofacilitate the application or removal of the blade. In order to providemeans for centering the blade and for preventing rotation of the same,the said blade and head 21 are formed with central non-circular openings25 and 26 which are of the same configuration as the projection or pin16 and which receives said pin when the blade is in clamped relation.

In use and operation of the device the nut 18 is turned to adjust thesame longitudinally on the shank 11 until it contacts with the guardmember 13, at which point the head 22 is relatively separated from theguard member. At this point the opening 26 is disengaged from the pin orprojection 16 and the head and arms 21 and 20 are swung forwardly orrearwardly as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4 to facilitate theremoval or application of the blade 23. To associate the blade with theholding and clamping member, the central opening 25 thereof ispositioned over the pin or projection 16 and the nut 17 is turned toadjust the same toward the shoulder 12 at the juncture of the shank withthe handle 10, the pin or projection 16 entering the central opening 26in the head 21. The clamping of the blade between the concaved andconvexed faces 22 and 15 serves to flex the same and by variations inthe flexing the coarseness or fineness of the shave is regulated. Itwill thus be seen that when the adjustment is made the operator ingrasping the handle 10 in no way interferes with the adjustment duringthe manipulation of the razor. It will be further noted that the partsof the hold ing and clamping member are permanently connected togetherto prevent dropping or loss of the same during the application orremoval of the blade as is the case with razors in which the parts arecapable of separation.

I claim:

1. A safety razor including a flexible double edged blade and holdingand clamping means therefor comprising a handle, a guard member rigidlyattached thereto and a head having pivotal and slidable connection withthe handle to permit of lateral movement in addition to movement in aline parallel to the axis of the handle whereby to effect clamping andunclamping of the blade to associate and disassociate the same with theholding and clamping means.

2. A safety razor including a flexible dou ble edged blade and a holdingand clamping means therefor, said means comprising a handle, a guardmember rigidly attached thereto, a head for clamping and releasing theblade and a connection between said head and handle to permit ofrelative lateral swinging and shifting movement of the head in a lineparallel to the axis ofthe handle for clamping and unclamping the bladebetween the head and guard member.

3. A safety razor including a flexible dou ble edged blade and holdingand clamping means therefor comprising a handle, a guard member rigidlyattached thereto and a head having pivotal and slidable. connection withthe handle to permit of lateral swinging movement and movement in a lineparallel to the axis of the handle for clamping and unclamping the bladeto associate and dis associate the same therewith, the said means ofconnection consisting of a nut threaded] y engaged with the handle, anelement swiveled to the nut for axial movement therewith and armsrigidly connected to the head and pivotally connected with said element.

4:. A safety razor comprising a handle, a reduced threaded shank at oneend thereof defining a shoulder at its juncture, an arcuate guard memberat the free end of the shank, an interiorly threaded nut mounted on theshank for longitudinal adjustments between the shoulder and the guardmember upon rotation of the nut, a yoke including a bight elementcentrally swiveled to the nut and including side arms, each pivoted atone end to a free end of the bight, an arcuate head rigidly secured tothe free ends of the side arm of the yoke, the said guard member havingnotches at its opposite ends receiving said side arms whereby to permitof a limited swinging movement of the yoke and head with respect to theguard member, and a flexible blade adapted tobe clamped between theconvex face of the head and the concaved face of the yoke uponadjustment of the nut between the shoulder.

JOHN FRANCIS OMALLEY.

